KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 12 Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has appointed engineer Sahdev Chand as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), effective February 11. Chand has served at the central bank for more than 24 years, gaining extensive experience across the Economic Research Department, Banking Department, Non-Bank Financial Institution Supervision Department, and the Information Technology Department. He is currently involved in General Ledger operations and Disaster Recovery Management. As CISO, Chand will lead initiatives to strengthen NRB's cybersecurity framework, enhance the protection of digital infrastructure, and ensure compliance with national and international regulatory standards. His responsibilities include advancing the capabilities of the Security Operations Centre (SOC) and reinforcing information security governance to bolster cyber resilience, according to the NRB. NRB spokesperson Guru Prasad Paudel told the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) that Chand was appointed as CISO in accordance with the bank's Cyber Security Policy, 2074. The appointment comes amid NRB's ongoing digital transformation. The new responsibility is expected to support the bank's strategic commitment to strengthening cybersecurity governance, enhancing institutional resilience, and maintaining public trust in Nepal's financial system as digitalisation accelerates. Chand holds a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Khulna University, Bangladesh, and has earned both MA and MPhil degrees in Economics from Tribhuvan University. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Economics at the same university. He has also participated in numerous international training programmes in cybersecurity, ICT policy, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and distributed ledger technologies across Asia, Europe, and the United States.